On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 03:39:52PM +0000, Charles Hannum wrote:
> In munmap(2), we do this:
> /*
> * interesting system call semantic: make sure entire range is
> * allocated before allowing an unmap.
> */
> What is the reason for this? I found a reference claming that spec
> 1170 required this, but I also found specific references that say none
> of Linux, Solaris or AIX implement it this way.
i carried it over from the old VM and put the comment there because
i thought it was a little strange.
> I'm considering removing this check...
sounds like a good idea. i poked at CVS, and it looks like
it got removed from the old VM also when fvdl did the lite2
merge. see lines 460 and 467 of:
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/syssrc/sys/vm/Attic/vm_mmap.c?annotate=1.63
chuck